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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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Military vehicles from the US Army, British Army’s Light Dragoons, and Romanian Armed Forces—which are all part of the NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group-Poland—maneuver during a Polish Armed Forces Day parade in Orzysz, Poland, on August 16, 2026. (US Army Reserve)
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Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies on a panel in front of the House Committee on Appropriations at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026. (US Army)
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A sailor from the navy of Yemen's Aden-based internationally recognised government aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane off Hanish Island in the Red Sea on July 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the White House following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. (Getty Images)
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US Army soldiers are welcomed home at the National Guard Armory in Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey, on April 23, 2004. (US Air National Guard)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the workshop of the GAZ automobile plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on August 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A member of the US Army 7th Army Training Command stands with a radar for drone detection during a demonstration at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center on August 26, 2026, near Hohenfels, Germany. (Getty Images)
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press statement at the EU headquarters on September 2, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on August 22, 2026, after trade talks with the US collapsed. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
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Distinguished Fellow
